Asia’s seaborne thermal coal prices have slumped to four-year lows as the region’s heavyweight buyers China, India and Japan all import less of the power-station fuel.
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Zhao Xintong becomes China’s first world snooker champion after comeback from ban
Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese player to win the World Snooker Championship with a victory over Welshman and three-times winner Mark Williams at the Crucible Theatre on Monday, the latest chapter in Zhao’s remarkable…
Threatened by Trump tariffs, Japan walks a delicate tightrope between US and China
Among all U.S. allies being wooed by Beijing in its tariff stare-down with Washington, Japan stands out as a peculiar case.
Trump just halted this virus research funding to China, blaming pandemic on lab leak
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed an executive order to halt federal funding for a type of biomedical research in China and Iran, aiming to prevent development of another pandemic like …
Donald Trump bans ‘dangerous’ virus research funding to China after Covid-19 leak
Donald Trump has issued an executive order to terminate all federal funding for risky virus research in countries deemed hostile or lacking proper regulation, five years post-COVID-19, which US intell …
Donald Trump bans ‘dangerous’ virus research funding to China that his supporters claim led to Covid-19 leak from Wuhan lab
The former President’s executive order will immediately halt “any present and all future” US funding for gain-of-function research in countries like China and Iran that lack proper safety oversight …
White House Crackdown: Trump Bans Funding for ‘Pandemic-Causing’ Experiments in China
Donald Trump’s latest executive order has sent ripples through the scientific community, halting US funding for controversial virus research in certain nations.
Charles Lieber, ex-Harvard chemist convicted of lying about ties to China, joins faculty of Chinese university
Charles Lieber, the former chair of Harvard’s chemistry department who was convicted of lying to federal agents about his ties to China, was recently announced as a new professor at a Chinese …
Harvard professor convicted for hiding ties to China gets new job in China
Lieber received two days in prison, six months house arrest, and a fine for hiding Chinese government affiliations and a $50,000 monthly salary and quietly retired from Harvard in 2023, as The College …
Temu halts shipments from China to US, shifts to selling from American warehouses
Temu says those items are not subject to custom fees and import charges, a tax collected by a country’s custom authorities.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.
IMF’s Georgieva says IMF has been vocal about China’s need to change economic model
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Monday said the IMF has been vocal about its policy prescriptions for China to move away from an export-led growth model.
‘The first dire signs of trouble are here’: American imports from China plunge due to Trump’s tariff
Mario Cordero, CEO of the Port of Long Beach joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to discuss the impact that tariff policy initiated by Donald Trump have had on imports to his port which…
Why Gauging the Impact of Tariffs on China Might Be Difficult
In recent years, Chinese officials have stopped publishing hundreds of data points once used by researchers and investors, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. The disappearing data have made …
